ART 80F Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Buzzword, Kenneth Goldsmith, Yodeling
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Spectacle international flashpoints or happenings that draws attention to a specific issue. No, but at least give credit to them. Cultural and racial theorist, george lipsitz, outlined this concept of cultural appropriation in his seminal term strategic anti-essentialism . Strategic anti-essentialism is defined as the calculated use of a cultural form, outside of your own, to define yourself or your group. Strategic anti- essentialism can be seen both in minority cultures and majority cultures, and are not confined to only the appropriation of the other. Who knows: this is a case where cultural appropriation happened within the same race/group. Zooey roy: an indigenous woman in saskatoon who was asked to leave a spirit location after complaining about the costumes, a group of canadian activists plastered warning labels on native-american themed costumes on october 15th. Research by tynes and markoe (2010) examines how young people negotiate racism within.
